The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

"Waaaaah, waaaah, waaaah—" Sobbing, whimpering, she couldn't help but wail: "I'm not, I'm not a witch, I'm Hero, waaaah, I am Hero..."

Looking at her like this, Hoshino Utsunomiya really felt that even if he had any anger towards the witch, seeing this scene, he probably wouldn't be able to get angry anymore.

At most, I'll be so angry I'll laugh.

He laughed in exasperation.

"Yes, yes, you're Hero. Okay, okay, you're Hero." Quite helplessly, Utsunomiya Hoshino had to offer a few words of comfort before continuing:

"Since you are Hiro, then please tell me, Hiro, what do you think the witch is trying to get out of me?"

Given the current situation, it's impossible to expect the witch to admit that she is a witch.

He could only settle for asking this question as a second-best option.

He hoped that the witch would actually pretend to give him a genuine answer.

If the witch only cares about being exposed, if the witch simply doesn't want to peel off this layer of skin.

Then he won't tear it.

There is absolutely no need to see the witch's true face.

Anyway, he wasn't familiar with the witch.

Upon hearing this, the witch's tears, though not immediately stopped, finally ceased their wailing and gradually subsided.

"I... I don't know anything about witches..." she muttered.

Hoshino Utsunomiya wasn't in a hurry; he simply went a step further and said:

"I misspoke. Well, Hiro, please try to 'guess' what the witch is thinking and what she wants to do."

"If it were the clever Hero, he would surely be able to guess it, right?"

He wasn't in a hurry, didn't rush, and didn't press for answers.

The witch can do whatever she wants, as long as you tell her why.

“…Hero isn’t smart at all.” The tears had stopped, and the witch wiped her face with her sleeve, muttering, “Hero can’t guess it.”

The witch's behavior did not conform to Utsunomiya Hoshino's wishes.

It seems that trying to appease the child like this won't solve her problem.

That......

"Is that so? That's quite a pity." Hoshino Utsunomiya shook his head with regret: "I was thinking that if I knew what the witch was thinking, I would try to see if I could satisfy her."

"After all, I'm a good person and I like to help people fulfill their wishes."

Actually, this isn't much better than what was said before; it's all just lines meant to coax a child.

but......

"really?"

It seems to be more effective than expected.

"really."

"Then I... no, then I'll guess, I'll just... guess." The witch started to care about her composure.

"Hmm..." She frowned, feigning deep thought, before finally speaking:

"I guess the witch might like Hoshino."

She said this with a serious expression.

Don't make me laugh.

Hoshino Utsunomiya felt somewhat helpless.

Chapter 136 If you're so capable, then fall in love with all of them! (1 words)

"Hmm, I guess Hiro and Emma like Hoshino more than the witch does."

Hoshino Utsunomiya nodded repeatedly.

He just said it casually, without really having any particular intentions.

He didn't intend to provoke the witch, nor was he deliberately mocking her.

But for some reason, this one sentence struck a nerve with the witch.

"You're wrong!" the witch exclaimed as she got up.

This was the first time she had ever spoken so loudly.

"Hiro doesn't like you!" This time, she stopped insisting that she was Nikaido Hiro.

She was filled with righteous indignation, and very 'upright and correct', and said in a resounding voice:

"Hero only witnessed your death twice! Watching you die before her eyes is what created her twisted protective instinct towards you! She only wants to be with you out of guilt for her past mistakes, out of a desire for atonement!"

"Hero doesn't like you at all!"

that......

Miss Witch.

Have you forgotten that you are still Nikaido Hiro?

Watching Nikaido Shiro deny Shiro's feelings for him, Utsunomiya Hoshino felt a very complicated feeling.

Logically speaking, he should also be unable to tolerate the witch denying his feelings while wearing his face.

But perhaps because of the witch's behavior just now, he now only felt a subtle feeling.

"Emma doesn't like you either!" After saying Hero and denying Hero's feelings, Emma, ​​whom Utsunomiya Hoshino mentioned in his speech, was naturally not left out.

The witch would never let Emma off the hook and acknowledge the truth of Emma's feelings.

Therefore, she had to shout loudly:

"Emma has just never had any friends, and she always loses friends. She just wants a friend who will never betray her, and you just happen to fit that description, so she's thinking of using dating you as a way to tie you down!"

Emma doesn't like you at all!

It's as if shouting can make one's words believable, as if speaking loudly can convince people of what one is saying.

Unfortunately, Hoshino Utsunomiya didn't believe any of them.

Does Emma want friends? Of course she does, she desperately wants friends.

Emma's simple wish was to make a hundred friends.

He had heard Emma say something like that on the rooftop of the school back then.

Make many friends, and make good friends.

This is a very simple wish that a friendless, slightly withdrawn person might have.

There's nothing wrong with it.

Although Hoshino Utsunomiya had always maintained the idea that she didn't need too many interpersonal relationships, that was only because there was no need for them.

As for wanting a friend who will never betray you, trying to bind yourself to them through the means of friendship...

Oh my god, the friend you're talking about is your boyfriend?

Isn't that just liking someone?

Not to mention, he had already talked things out with Emma about his feelings for her during the last flashback.

She knew she liked him, and he knew she liked him too.

This denial is not entirely valid from beginning to end.

As for those things related to Hero...

What do you mean by Hiro witnessing my 'twice' death?

...Did she see it the first time too?

So far, Hoshino Utsunomiya has died twice.

She died once at the hands of the witch 'Meru on Ice', and another time at the hands of the witch 'Sherry Tachibana'.

The second time, he died in the courtroom, so it's not surprising that Hero saw him.

But the first time...

Didn't he die in the flower field? He even made sure the flowers bloomed once, with petals flying everywhere.

Did Hero see this?

Oh right, not only Hero, but also this witch is there too.

...Was he really watching me the whole time?

Hoshino Utsunomiya still believes that 'Meru on Ice' and 'Natsume Anan' are played by two different witches, as are 'Sherry Tachibana' and 'Hiro Nikaido'.

After all, he had swept out two witches at the same time the second time.

Hmm... it seems we can't rule out the possibility that the witch, disguised as Ice Meluru, died a day later and quickly took over Tachibana Sherry's persona.

However... that's probably impossible.

After all, the second 'Tachibana Sherry' was just too 'Tachibana Sherry'.

Before 'Meru on Ice' died, 'Meru on Ice' acted very much like 'Meru on Ice'.

They really were two witches.

At least two.

Getting back to the main point, Hero witnessed my two deaths, which led to a twisted protective instinct in him...

Hoshino Utsunomiya pondered for a moment before recalling what had happened.

He felt nothing.

Where does this protective instinct come from?

Although Hero did try to team up with him the second time, didn't he quickly give up after being rejected?

The third time, however, he would grope her indiscriminately upon meeting her; that would be a sign that he had witnessed death.